Buzzov-en 2017 News!

Buzzov-en is launching their own label! More about that will be revealed soon.


Later this month, be on the look out for two, digital, full- length albums, on Rusty Knuckles!

Also over the next few months, Buzzov-en will be going into the studio, to record three new songs, for a 7" on Rusty Knuckles; and a split on Patac Records!

Steve Von Till of Neurosis Proudly Using A Rusty Knuckles Guitar Strap

Steve Von Till of Neurosis proudly using a Rusty Knuckles Guitar Strap, photo by Raymond Ahner.

Rusty Knuckles Custom Leather equals absolute quality. This is why more and more musicians are starting to use our brand of guitar straps. Big thanks to Steve Von Till of Neurosis for picking up one of our signature straps. Seen here at the Regency Ballroom in San Francisco on their thirtieth anniversary show with Converge and Negative Approach, photograph by Raymond Ahner.

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Chewbacca Plays Bass and Rusty Knuckles Customs Made His Guitar Strap

Chewbacca Plays Bass and Rusty Knuckles Customs Made His Guitar Strap

Star Wars‬ fun fact, Chewbacca used to play in a band at the Cantina on Bass. When things didn't jive with Chewie's style of finger slappin', the lead singer's Imperial ways got the best of him. A fit was thrown and Chewbacca being the Rebel he is, knocked him out cold and left on a starship with another infamous smuggler. We are proud to have made his bass strap and to support Rebels all across the galaxy.

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Whiskeydick Announces New Belt Buckle For Sale, The Texas Skull Buckle

Whiskeydick Announces New Belt Buckle For Sale, The Texas Skull Buckle

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We love belt buckles, lets just say it out loud. Each one of our belt buckles starts from a blank sheet of aluminum in 0.188" plate and is then water jet cut to our exact specifications. Once we get the blanks back into our shop, the process of etching the designs into the metal takes place and we craft each buckle one at a time. The process is tedious and time consuming, but creating an indelible mark on a piece of metal is an absolute triumph and makes us quite proud.

Custom Belt Buckles Rolling Out From Rusty Knuckles

Rusty Knuckles custom belt buckle shapes ready for new designs

Cranking out new custom merchandise from week to week can be quite tough. It might be a line of guitar straps one week and next it could be merch associated with a brand new album about to launch as part our music label. Either way, we are neck deep here in the shop in a wide variety of projects. Keeping that diversity is what we enjoy the most and one in which keeps us constantly busy. 

Get in touch with us about custom gear for your band - ralph.knuckles at gmail

New Custom Belt Buckles From Rusty Knuckles

Shovelhead belt buckle design from Rusty Knuckles

Creating new items is just something we wake up pondering over. It could be a new tshirt design, album cover, a belt buckle or maybe a new style of motorcycle bag. Whatever it may be, we labor for hours thinking everything through and thinking on what might be a great new product. 

Order one of our custom belt buckles from our Etsy store

Building A Guitar Strap and Belt Rack From Scrap Metal And Reclaimed Wood

Building A Guitar Strap and Belt Rack From Scrap Metal And Reclaimed Wood

If you are going to be doing any type of trade shows or events for your company, having a unique look to your display is paramount. I learned early on that having a folding table with a drape cloth can work well, but it just didn't convey the message that I wanted to stand behind. 

We spend a great deal of time crafting great merchandise and working with many bands on truly unique items, so for our booth at events we want to stand out. Along with having unique show furniture I wanted something that would fit the vibe of our brand and had to be easy to break down, be a work horse of an item and to be stout in order for it last for years to come. 

Join Us In Philadelphia On September 26th 2015 For The Freedom Road, An 8 Band Blowout And Motorcycle Run

Join Us In Philadelphia On September 26th 2015 For The Freedom Road, Band Blowout And Motorcycle Run

So you are here because you want more info on what exactly is Freedom Road? Well dear friends, this is an action packed weekend on September 26th that has two adventures or they can be combined into one. For all the two wheeled brethren in the Mid Atlantic, Freedom Road is a bike run from Ocean View in the Norfolk, Virginia area to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania that will cut straight up highway 13 through the eastern shore of Virginia, Maryland and Delaware. The bike run is 300 miles of highway, back country roads and coastal riding that will leave a smile for miles.

The second portion of Freedom Road is a killer eight band blowout at the Compound within inner city Philadelphia consisting of Antiseen, Husky Burnette, Jay Berndt & The Orphans, Flat Tires, Damned Angels, Gallows Bound, Jimmy Swope and Paul Waggener. Luckily for us the event is on private property with plenty of places to camp or sleep in your vehicle because once the torch is lit, its going to be quite hard to distinguish and will surely go well into Sunday morning.

April Record Store Day Sale, Save 15% On Every Order

April Record Store Day Sale, Save 15% On Every Order

Add up Record Store Day and Spring Cleaning and it equals one huge sale. Save 15% on every order, now until April 18th. Use promo code "Spring15" and save some bucks on your order.

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Black Eyed Vermillion - Box Of Pine Official Video and Coffin Raffle Giveaway

Black Eyed Vermillion - Box Of Pine Official Video and Coffin Raffle Giveaway

The time is now folks, here is the official video for Black Eyed Vermillion's - Box of Pine. Knowing that we like to spike the punch a bit and make this an extra special release, with every purchase of the cd or package deal from our store page, click here you are entered into a raffle drawing to win a handmade Box Of Pine coffin with a custom belt buckle. There is only one coffin and only one will ever be made, so get in while the gettin's good. View the process video below.

Your name will only be entered in the drawing by purchasing the cd or package deal from our webstore. The drawing will take place during SXSW of this year, when Black Eyed Vermillion will be playing a series of shows deep in the heart of Texas.

Order your copy of the album, to win the custom Box of Pine coffin

Check out the hand made coffin giveaway.

Box of Pine handmade coffin

Open the coffin and use as a display or a stash box

Also included within the coffin is a custom Black Eyed Vermillion belt buckle and one of our prized Wolf teeth

Shaping An Aluminum Front Fairing For A Buell Race Bike

Shaping An Aluminum Front Fairing For A Buell Race Bike

Our english wheel is being put through its paces. After completing the wire frame to help shape out the style of the fairing, now it's time to get the aluminum rolled into the right shapes. Glad to have Mopar Rob over and helping out on the front fairing from time to time, on the Buell race bike.

Would The Real Rusty Knuckles Please Stand Up

Enjoying using our name, Revelry MFG.?

Dearest manufacturers, screen printers or folks that enjoy using our hard earned company name, we own the copyright to "Rusty Knuckles" per the United States Trademark Office officially effective as of January 2009. Glad you like the name and we enjoy royalty checks for all sales, along with fine Cuban cigars and Panamanian Rum. Now cut us a check for any sales on this particular item and then cease and desist manufacturing said item. Yours truly, the real Rusty Knuckles and all the bands and folks that encompass this company.

Rusty Knuckles American Roots Embroidered Patch

Rusty Knuckles American Roots Embroidered Patch

One of our brand new patches in the shop is our classic wrench knives logo and now being offered up in Black with Silver embroidery. This patch also has one of our favorite mantras on the bottom, "American Roots". At 3.5" wide and 2.375" tall, The Rusty Knuckles patch is ready for business! This patch is sure to be the perfect addition to any hat, jacket, vest or piece of fabric you can find in your closet to stitch it on.

Purchase yours now

Brand New Custom Belt Buckles Crafted In Aluminum and Bronze From Rusty Knuckles

Using a propane torch to work on brazing for custom belt buckles

Got our brazing technique for aluminum and brass in check. Also just made a custom bending tool for shaping the hooks for the back of the belt buckles. So damn stoked on where all the designs are going for our new line of custom buckles. DIY til the day we die!

Aluminum Belt Buckles With Soda Etched Designs From Rusty Knuckles

Aluminum Belt Buckles With Soda Etched Designs From Rusty Knuckles

Making custom belt buckles has been on our radar for a few years now. The one thing that we didn't want to do though is to have to farm out the production and in the process have to order a huge amount of minimums with large manufacturers. The costs and effort just didn't feel right in our DIY mindset, so of course we had to learn how to build our own. 

Our first round of blanks were just cut out and the designs are finished, now to transfer the designs and start cleaning up all of our blanks for the proper heat transfer. Once we have our first models ready to release, we will have them for sale on our main store page and etsy store front. Damn stoked to say the least.

Win A Brand New Custom Leather Guitar Strap From Rusty Knuckes

Win A Brand New Custom Leather Guitar Strap From Rusty Knuckes

November is the season of giving. Repost this image with #AmericanRoots for your chance to win this brand new custom guitar strap made from Wild Boar leather from Rusty Knuckles Customs. The winner will be chosen on Thanksgiving Day. #win #instagood #giveaway #free #wildhogs #guitarstrap #custom #leather

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Rusty Knuckles - Hi Performance - Mens Tshirt in Gray With Two Color Print

Detail on our new two color "Hi Performance" shirt design

Recently, we have had a plethora of requests to create our "Guitar Engine" shirt as a two color version. Who are we to say no? We complied and worked up a version in an off white and bright orange on gray tshirts. Add in one Les Paul signature guitar and a Chevy engine and this equals true harmonic balance.

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Detail on the "Hi Performance" shirt design

Rusty Knuckles - Hi Performance - Mens Tshirt

American Roots Custom Merch Design

American Roots custom merch design

Brand new two color design for the IBMA's here in Raleigh next week. Support the #americanroots of country, punk, blues and specifically for next week, the great sounds of bluegrass.

Say Hello To Sancho, Our Brand New Embroidered Guitar Strap

The Sancho embroidered guitar strap by Rusty Knuckles

Brand new guitar strap landing in our store on Etsy and then heading over the main site. Say hello to the "Sancho" embroidered strap. Each one of these straps is an an easy adjust to fit and slides from around 40" to 62" in adjustment, uses 6 oz leather ends and sells for $39.99.

Custom Guitar Straps For The Working Musician

Brand new guitar strap style to add to our growing collection of custom leather options

We firmly believe that great quality products dont have to break the bank. Check out our brand new guitar straps for the working musician that will be available starting this week through our main site along with our etsy store for $35. All details will be posted shortly along with a plethora of color options.

Adding Another level of personal touch to our hand crafted leather goods. A solid brass logo, CNC milled out to burn into the leather by torch.